Sunday, January 24, 2010

Why Is My Overflow Leaking Why Is My '96 Cavalier Coolant Boiling And Leaking Coolant Out Of The Overflow Tank?

Why is my '96 cavalier coolant boiling and leaking coolant out of the overflow tank? - why is my overflow leaking

My knight was boiling and leaking coolant overflow tank. Until this morning, the weather has sometimes a few more runs at normal temperature. This morning, I began to run hotter, but not hot, all the way (yet) in the normal range may be a coolant CAP? It still seems to have withstood the pressure as before. Earlier, when I do not pass the lid of the pressure during hot weather, but now there is nothing.

8 comments:

Country Boy said...

Let's do first things cheaper!

Be cleaned to your cooling system before? Please try it first. Use Prestone Super Radiator Cleaner and follow the instructions to 33.5 ounces a plastic bottle.

At this point you can do both and expect the best. Replace the thermostat and radiator cap with genuine AC Delco parts. For now, the use of pure water and a bottle of the creditworthiness of rust in the cooling system in order to not lose more antifreeze to determine if corrosion and rust in the cooling system was in fact the problem of all time. If the cooling system warm pressure of the cooling system checked to see whether an external or internal leaks. Otherwise, the cleanest water and Prestone T run in Flushing in the heating return line and filling 100% antifreeze and 50% of the capacity of the cooling system has been achieved. This number is in the manual under specifications glove.

If it happens that it (an internal leak that may be in my opinion) because you wereCoolant most likely a head gasket or cylinder head cracks.

Matt said...

I had the same problem with my SW2 Saturn 1997th I found that when the tank overflow through the factory seal is broken melted. I bought an overflow back to my junkyard premises for twenty dollars. Your cooling system should be composed of five pounds of pressure on him. If this is not the most common is the thermostat. Turn the heater and if it is a good heat Out of It (Let car warm), then the thermostat. The other thing your fan heart is not running. If not, what could be your head gasket.

BR Tiger fan said...

The warmer the temperature, pressure. If there is less pressure, pressure drop somewhere. You have a leak somewhere.

magiccha... said...

Likely that your plug is bad coolant. Replace the first, because it costs less than $ 10 and solve the problem more likely.

baldie said...

Replacement of the facade of the former. if they don t work, change the thermostat and flush the radiator.

baldie said...

Replacement of the facade of the former. if they don t work, change the thermostat and flush the radiator.

D R said...

Experiments that could fly rad rad weld almost above the pressure cap, or sometimes you do not need the new CAP

tim d said...

Check thermostat

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